Plump juicy strawberries coated with a crisp shell of chocolate create fruit truffles that are both light and delicious. The perfect addition to any brunch, or with a glass of champagne for dessert, these decadent yet innocent treats combine two favorite flavors that will make your heart …

In France, Belgium, New Orleans, Acadiana, Newfoundland and the Congo, French toast is known as pain perdu. French for lost bread, pain perdu reclaims stale or “lost” bread by soaking it in an egg and cream mixture overnight before being pan frying in butter and then baking. The stale bread drinks up …

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, …